The Scottish Football League has produced a bumper 60 page Matchday Programme for Sunday's SFL Challenge Cup Final between Dunfermline Athletic and St. Johnstone at Dens Park Stadium, Dundee.
The Matchday Programme has extensive coverage of both finalists including interviews with the Dunfermline Athletic manager Stephen Kenny, team captain Scott Wilson, on loan goalkeeper Paul Gallacher, former Aberdeen, Newcastle United, Watford and Hibernian midfielder Stephen Glass and a look at the club's Youth Development Programme with Head of Youth Development, Hamish French. Similarly, the Programme has exclusive interviews with St. Johnstone's temporary man in charge, Sandy Stewart, team captain Derek McInnes, experienced defender Allan McManus, midfielder Paul Sheerin, who scored a hat-trick in a previous Cup Final and ended up on the losing side and the striker partnership of Kenny Deuchar and Andy Jackson.
In addition, former Dunfermline Athletic and St. Johnstone player, Allan Preston, who played for St. Johnstone in the 1996/97 Challenge Cup Final against Stranraer, sets the scene for Sunday's Final and there are also exclusive interviews with East End Park legends Jim Leishman and former captain, Bobby Robertson, who is now the Club Doctor, an interview with Dunfermline's Jim Hamilton and Saints' goalkeeper, Alan Main, who have the distinction of having played in all of Scotland's three domestic Cup Finals during their playing careers plus much, much more.
Other features include an article on the match officials, a detailed report on the "Round by Round" Road to the Final, detailed statistical information, a Challenge Cup Quiz as well as a number of action packed photographs.
The Cup Final Match Programme is available both outside and inside Dens Park Stadium on Sunday priced £3.00 and is an excellent read.
Programmes priced £3.00 plus £1.00 postage are also available directly from The Scottish Football League Office, The National Stadium, Hampden Park, Glasgow, G42 9EB.
Tel: 0141-620-4160
Fax: 0141-620-4161
e-mail: [email protected]
For all Pars and Saints' fans, and indeed, football fans in general, Sunday's official Matchday Programme is a souvenir well worth treasuring.
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